HURRICANE NAMES

HURRICANE NAMES

1. hurricanes didn't use to have names. forecasting hurricanes was only to emergence in the late 1940's

2. it was usually the place they did the most damage ( like the galveston hurricane of 1900)

3. the first us unofficially named hurricane was george, which hit in 1947.

4. the next one given a name was named after the first lady of the usa. bess truman, in 1949

5. meteorologists used different conventions, but in 1953, it is not clear why, they were named after women, in alphabetical order

6. that year there were hurricanes Alice, Barbara, Carol, Dolly,Edna,Florence,Gilda,Hazel,Irene,Jill, Katherine,Lucy,Mabel,Norma,Orpa,patsy, Queen, Rachel,Susie,Tina.Una,Vicky and women's names began to be alternated to name the storms